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Venice Incognito : Masks in the Serene Republic /

"The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men--could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donned a mask and male attire for her liaison...

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Autor principal: Johnson, James H., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a The carnival of Venice. Casanova's carnival -- New world -- Even odds -- Blood sport -- Fat Thursday -- Anything Goes? -- The culture of masking. City of masks -- Infernal associations -- Devil's dance -- Unmasking the heart -- Age of dissimulation -- The honest mask. Legislating morality -- Saving face -- Venetian incognito -- Democratizing dress -- Taming the devil -- Carnival and community. Redeemed by the blood -- Carnival tales -- The mask of sincerity -- Carnival contained -- Bitter ash -- Epilogue: After the fall. 
520 |a "The entire town is disguised," declared a French tourist of eighteenth-century Venice. And, indeed, maskers of all ranks--nobles, clergy, imposters, seducers, con men--could be found mixing at every level of Venetian society. Even a pious nun donned a mask and male attire for her liaison with the libertine Casanova. In Venice Incognito, James H. Johnson offers a spirited analysis of masking in this carnival-loving city. 
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